Freshwater Pea Puffer

Pea Puffers (Carinotetradon travancoricus) are truly a rewarding addition to your home aquarium. Despite their small size, these fascinating Pea Puffers pack a punch with their striking patterns and coloration, immediately capturing attention. Sporting black patterns on a yellowish gold body, they create a captivating contrast against a variety of aquatic plants.

While the size of Pea Puffers may suggest the possibility of keeping them in groups in a small tank, it's important to note that Pea Puffers can exhibit aggression towards each other. To maintain harmony, ample plants or hiding places are recommended to mitigate aggression. Ideally, groups of 3 Pea Puffers or fewer are suitable for a 10-gallon tank, but they can also be kept individually without any issues. 

Pea Puffer Fish tank mates?

It's generally advised to avoid placing them in a community setting due to the risk of fin-nipping, although some instances of successful cohabitation with Otocinclus catfish have been observed. However, we do not recommend keeping them with any type of shrimp.

What Do Pea Puffer Fish Eat?

To ensure their nutritional needs are met, we recommend feeding them a variety of live foods such as baby brine, daphnia, small shrimp, bloodworms, black worms, or scuds. Additionally, we feed our Pea Puffers frozen Bloodworms, which we thaw in tank water and dispense into their habitat using a turkey baster, creating the illusion of live prey. Occasionally, we enhance their diet with small Ramshorn, bladder snails, and Malaysian Trumpet Snails.

Our Tank Parameters

• Ph:7.2 to 7.5
• Gh: 4 to 8
• Kh: 2 to 4
• TDS: 80 to 120
• Temp:70 to 74

Tank Recommendations

• Leaves: Indian Almond or Guava
• Wood:Mopani or Malaysian
• Cones:Alder Cones

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